San Mateo County

A caller notified police about 4:30 a.m. after seeing two males rummaging through parked vehicles in the 800 block of El Camino Real.

Police said the subsequent investigation revealed Quintana forcibly raped the victim. He was taken into custody without incident.

It's an idea that would take study as well as input at the state level.

During his career, Hurd ran both Oracle and computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard. Hurd joined Oracle as co-president in 2010 a month after leaving HP. He resigned from HP following accusations of sexual harassment by a female contract worker.

Activists in San Mateo County are seeking greater oversight of the sheriff's office and asking the county's Board of Supervisors to create a new citizens' oversight body that would be able to compel records from the sheriff.

The owner of a California jewelry business has been sentenced to three weeks in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her son's ACT exam.

A pumpkin weighing well over a ton won the annual Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off and set a new state record. 

Growers of grand gourds will gather in Half Moon Bay Monday at the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.The official weighing will be from 7 to 11 a.m. on the IDES Grounds at 735 Main St. in Half Moon Bay.

Deputies found several high-capacity rifle ammunition magazines, a semi-automatic rifle and a sawed-off shotgun, in addition to the drugs.

The company announced on Twitter Saturday night that all of the estimated 738,000 customers have their power back.

Rodeo's have received an exemption under Governor Newsom's newly signed laws, aimed at reducing animal cruelty.

The winning pumpkin will win a prize of $7 a pound from event organizers and sponsor Safeway.

Registration forms sent by mail must be postmarked on or before Oct. 21. Forms are available at public libraries, city and town halls, post offices, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, county Vote Centers, and the county Registration and Elections Division.

Foimaj Vaeina, 19, is suspected of shattering a the restaurant's window with a rock about 10 p.m. Thursday, taking several items including the company car keys and then leaving in the vehicle, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

Fifty-four-year-old Peter Jan Sartorio, of Menlo Park, California, was sentenced Friday to a year of probation after pleading guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy. He is the eighth parent to be sentenced in the scheme.

Noah Winchester would find a potential victim who had committed some minor offense. Then he would make sure none of his fellow officers were in the area and that no major incident was happening that might require his participation and take advantage of that time to commit his crimes, prosecutors said.

Sheriff's Sgt. Jonathan Sebring exonerated the four deputies and one sergeant after an investigation that took more than a year.